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Rome III criteria were used to diagnose constipation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>1697 adolescents were recruited (boys 779 (45.9%), mean age 15.06\u2005years and SD 1.6\u2005years). Prevalence of constipation was 6.7%, of whom 52 were boys (45.6%) and 62 were girls (54.4%). 38 adolescents (33.3%) with constipation and 230 controls (14.5%) had significant psychological maladjustment. Among seven different personality dimensions used to assess psychological maladjustment, children with constipation had significantly more deficits than controls in hostility and aggression (14.2 vs 12.6 in controls (mean difference 1.54, 95% CI (0.89 to 2.19) p&lt;0.001), negative self-esteem (12.0 vs 10.5 in controls, mean difference 1.54 95% CI (0.96 to 2.06) p&lt;0.001), negative self-adequacy (11.9 vs 9.8 controls, mean difference 2.07 95% CI (1.46 to 2.67) p&lt;0.001), emotional unresponsiveness (12.9 vs 11.5 controls, mean difference 1.44 95% CI (0.84 to 2.04) p&lt;0.001), emotional instability (17.1 vs 15.6, mean difference 1.53 95% CI (0.86 to 2.2) p&lt;0.001) and negative world view (12.1 vs 10.2 controls, mean difference 1.91 95% CI (1.24 to 2.59) p&lt;0.001). The total HRQoL of adolescents with constipation was lower than controls (70.6 vs 79.0 mean difference 9.48 95% CI (1.4 to 6.7) p&lt;0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>A significant proportion of children with constipation are suffering from psychological maladjustment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2016-310694","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,12]],"date-time":"2016-07-12T03:38:05Z","timestamp":1468294685000},"page":"268-273","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":66,"title":["Psychological maladjustment and quality of life in adolescents with constipation"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"102","author":[{"given":"Nishadi","family":"Ranasinghe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Niranga 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